Nick Dean interviewed by Mick Fogarty in the Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project
- Bib ID:
- 6257629
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Dean, Nick, 1952-, interviewee
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- National Library of Australia digitised item
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- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2013 May 16
- 1 sound file (approximately 112 min.)
- Series:
- Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project.
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- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Nick Dean talks about his family; growing up in Adelaide; his father, born and learnt to ski in India; his great-great grandfather, founder of the Norwood Football Club; his two sons, ski teachers; his daughter, dance teacher; his business and leisure interests; United Way charity; becoming a ski school director at Perisher Valley; returning to Adelaide; being a consultant to Colliers International; the Dean family wine business; being the chair of Project Wine Pty Ltd; establishing an Australian ski instructors association; Lend Lease Corporation; founding the Australian Disabled Skiers Federation and their goals; British Colombia; Ron Finneran; Australian Ski Federation; government funding; writing the first manual for the Australian Professional Ski Instructors on coaching disabled skiers; Graeme Morris, coach of the Australian Winter Olympics, 1992; his involvement in 10 Winter and Summer Paralympic Games; the Australian Paralympic Committee; Michael Milton and Michael Norton; the Australian Paralympic Federation; the management of disability sport; the Sydney 2000 Paralympics; the London Games; International Paralympic Committee; the significance of Skiing Australia Award for Outstanding Service; elite athletes within the sport; public attitudes; media coverage; benefits of disability; the role of government; sponsorship; his roles in fundraising.
- Notes:
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- The Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project is a joint project being conducted by the National Library of Australia and the Australian Paralympic Committee.
- Recorded on 16 May 2013 in Adelaide, South Australia.
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